Ray McNulty

2 days ago | veronews.com | Ray McNulty

Don’t read too much into the County Commission’s recent decision to expand the Urban Services Boundary for the first time since the lines were drawn in 1990. Contrary to what you might’ve read or heard in the aftermath of that controversial May 20 vote, the commissioners aren’t caving to pressure from greedy developers who see our county as the next frontier to become engulfed by the hellish urban sprawl we see to our south.

2 days ago | veronews.com | Ray McNulty

Clearpath Services President Randy Lloyd said last week that if his development group’s soon-to-begin negotiations with Vero Beach city officials are successful, work at the Three Corners site could begin as soon as next year – with the initial phase of the project completed in 2028. The first phase would involve the easternmost section of the 17-acre lagoon-front property: construction of the Clearpath plan’s waterfront village, marina and docks.

1 week ago | veronews.com | Ray McNulty

More than four months after she was hired to be Vero Beach’s assistant finance director, Lisa Burnham still doesn’t understand why her now-former boss apparently did not see any need for additional resources to meet a state deadline for filing an already overdue audit.

2 weeks ago | veronews.com | Ray McNulty

When Commissioner Rob Manfred announced last week that he was removing the names of Pete Rose and 15 others from Major League Baseball’s “permanent ineligible list,” my thoughts immediately went to longtime John’s Island resident Fay Vincent, who died on Feb. 1.

3 weeks ago | veronews.com | Ray McNulty

For at least the past four years, Vero Beach officials have raised the possibility of the county taking over – and absorbing the costs of – the lifeguard operations on the city’s beaches. Vero taxpayers will spend more than $860,000 this year – in personnel and operating expenses – for lifeguard coverage of Vero’s three beaches.